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Downtown garage to remain open until Dec. 31

Outside demolition of Burlington City Place, formerly the Burlington Town Center, began Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. The building is projected to be completed by fall 2019, according to a sign near the construction site.

A rendering of the plans for Burlington City Place(Photo: Burlington Town Center)

The garage at Burlington City Place, formerly known a Burlington Town Center mall, will remain open at least until the end of the year to accommodate First Night, a spokeswoman said in an email Friday night.

"We'll wait and see after that, but I wouldn't count on it being open much longer after December 31," said Sonya Enright, executive administrative assistant to Don Sinex, managing partner of Burlington City Place.

Enright said drivers should enter the garage through the Cherry Street entrance, as the Bank/Pine Street entrance to the parking garage is closed "at least for the time being."

Demolition on the former Burlington Town Center mall has begun, to clear the way for a $200 million development that will include retail, office space and apartments, in addition to a new 960-space parking garage.

Burlington City Place originally intended to close the parking garage in mid-December, but after an appeal from Mayor Miro Weinberger and downtown merchants, moved the closing date to the end of the year.

"In keeping with our commitment to Burlington, we continue to work to reduce the impact of the redevelopment on the City and existing businesses and we are meeting our commitment by changing our construction phasing and keeping the garage OPEN through Christmas to ease parking congestion in the downtown during the holidays," Sinex said in a news release.